Adjustable shade and curtain fixture.



No- 828,699. PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906. L D. DAVIDSON.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED HD1134, 1906.

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Be it known that l, fQiNooLN D. l" HDSON, engage the smooth-surface shove the window. 5 a citizen of the Unit... States re iding at inrepresents the supporting breckets, .disnepolis, in the county (1' i .iu'ioii Mid Stee whichsupport both thcslmde-roller1] and the 5 of Indians. have in. ted certnin new and curtain-pole 12. The body portion of the useful lmprovenients in. Adjustable Sheds hii'nclzws 10 are bent into U-sheped extensions and Curtain Fixtures, of which the following which slide along the recesses formed on is a. specification. the rest-surface of the her 1 when in operating This invention t s to a. ri-zr ovs lc and position. The brackets contain apertures 17 IO adjustable Window do and curtzr 1 to form bearings for the old and well-known Whicii run-y to an 'yle of 'ollero and are provided at the front .Jhl the object of i venends 'tzuth the notches 18, that form seats for tion is to c s simple and ethr ent yet the curtain-poles 12', The brackets 10 are ornate dei ice in: su porting both shades and preferably mounted so thet the distance be :5 curtains for windir set can. tween theni slightly less than the length of inilfie I riot finish shede rollersto he employed. In order of the rooni n l to keep the brackets 10 into close contact by the mech 2o operating icsi Ho. est-wee.

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of one of the re and curtain brackets-end shows the nice-us for no same in position. 3 l" htlv set, so that the baul csnnot I be diSlOdgm screws 3 usually an it will that between the supporting-brsckets and with the ends of the shade-rollers, I provide ti nsitm-springs 20, which engage at one i thehooks 2 on the brecliettires 15, While the other ends ere secured to 1" her i by means of the screws 22. Thus get an individual tension '1 secs hraciret against the sdmcent end of '1 1e shade-roller, and thus prevent the letter from becoming disengaged. The hooks 21 tion Of h 86 W 1 in for securing the endsof the springs 20ers 8o 'is a. section or the c preferably crimped out of the metal that end sh how the hooks are formed forms the body of the bracket and are sub-- 30 for securing the ends of the spri sequentlyghent into the hooks 21, asshoWn. In the draw. l gs, 1 is it her, "svh is prr With the use of this invention the msrring ably cdznposcd. of wood and is provided on of Woodwork in houses is greatly prevented. 5 its rear suriz'ico eith longitudinal recesses and The corner-blocks 0t WindoW-casin gs are usuforins-e, sup tor the brackets. The her ally formed with some ornamentation, so 35 l is usueily i. the same Wood. in which the that a very irregular surface is presented room is fini 3 in order to present a harat the very place where it is desired to secure inonious erect. it will be flllllly"1llll81- the ordinary shade-bracket. Consequently 0 the brackets are often torn loose because no porting brackets adapted to smhrece and lo painted to represent any color or metal or replacing oi the brackets, so that in a short imitate wood. The leu- I is provided with n time that portion. of the casing of windows is plurality oi apertures 2, which form badly marred. Ways for the SGIO s 3, y which mezins the Having thus fullydescribcd my said invenher .1 is secured to the "lIlilOW-C&Sll1g. The tion, what l desire to secure by Letters Pat- 45 apertures are provided with cominunicatent of the United States is.

ing longitudinal slots 4-, so that when the 1. In an sdjustableshade end curteinsupheads of the screws have been passed through port, bar for supporting the brackets pro- 1 the apertures 2thc burl n'iey he moved lonvided with longitudinal recesses, and also gitudirnilly so to engage the slots 4, provided with apertures having elongated 50 which time 3 apertures have been removed communicating slots to receive the securing from the l ds of the screws. The screws means, means for securing. said herto the. are then tig Window-cssing, shade and curtain pole supslide longitudinally on said bar, hooks crimped out of the metal that forms the bodies for the brackets to which tensionsprings are secured, and springs secured to both the brackets and the bar. r

2. In an adjustable shade and curtain support, a bar for supporting the brackets provided With longitudinal recesses, and also provided with apertures having elongated eorn inunicating slots to receive the securing means, means for securing said bar to the Windovwcasing, shade and curtain pole supporting brackets adapted to embrace and slide longitudinally on said b ar', the'body portions of the brackets having their upper and loWer edges bent over and toward each other g to form central passage-ways for the bar, and

LINCOLN I). mvnisori. [1,. a]

Witnesses:

F. W. WOERNER, G. W. WALTERS. 

